Auction 61
Collector Series
Misc. Postal History
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Lot 106 |
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 1895-1913, forwarded covers, an attractive group of 7, including 1895 Vermont to San Francisco, forwarded to Weaverville; 1903 Washington State to Indianapolis, forwarded to Philadelphia; 1904 Massachusetts forwarded to to Vermont; 1907 NJ picture post card forwarded from Boonton; 1908 Philadelphia forwarded to to Mass.; 1912 New Year's picture post card from NJ; and a 1913 picture post card from NJ, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photos | Unsold |
Lot 107 |
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1898, Spanish-American War illustrated cover (Scott 279b), showing General Wade's Headquarters, from a soldier in Chickamauga, Ga. to West Virginia. Back edge rebacked, Fine to Very Fine overall. Estimate $40 - 60. View details and enlarged photo | Unsold |
Lot 108 |
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1904-07, Indian Territory official covers, six legal-size covers, all from the Department of the Interior in Muscogee and appearing to all be addressed to the surname "Jones" but differing first names; an interesting lot imaged on the website. Estimate $30 - 40. View details and enlarged photos | Realized $30 |
Lot 109 |
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1926 (Feb 13), First Flight, Chicago - Detroit - Cleveland, Nickles cover with the wrong date for the flight on front (correct date was Feb 15), with backstamp showing the Feb 15 date; this is actually an FDC, Very Fine, unusual. Estimate $50 - 75. View details and enlarged photos | Unsold |
Lot 110 |
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1928-38, 13 covers postmarked from various U.S.S. Naval ships, including USS California, Maryland, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, and West Virginia; of note is the USS Utah capsized after being struck by Japanese aircraft torpedoes at Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941; her rusting hull remains a memorial there; these all retailed for $10+; each are imaged on the website. Estimate $40 - 60. View details and enlarged photo | Unsold |
Lot 111 |
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1933 (July 15), Attempted Ocean Flight, New York to Lithuania, cover canceled Brooklyn, N.Y., July 15th, "Lithuanica", and are back stamped Kaunas, July 18, 1933, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $75 - 100 Two Lithuanians, Capt Stefan Darius and Stanley Girenas, attempted a flight from New York to Kaunas, Lithuania, in their plane "Lithuanica". After successfully crossing the ocean, the fliers lost their lives when their plane was wrecked at Soldin, Germany, about 400 miles short of their goal . View details and enlarged photo | Unsold |
Lot 112 |
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1935 (Oct 5), First Flight, San Francisco to Guam and back, round trip cover with all proper postmarks and cachets, plus a letter from Pan-Am on their official stationery, Very Fine. Estimate $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photo | Realized $55 |
Lot 113 |
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1943, censored mail cover from U.S. to Switzerland, marked "RETURN TO SENDER/NO SERVICE AVAILABLE", plus contents as well as an article stating that over 100,000 letters had been returned by postal authorities in France; they had been held in hope that there would be a lifting of the German restrictions, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $30 - 40. View details and enlarged photos | Unsold |
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